Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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The pillar
Bible References
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1 Timothy 3:2
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
Acts 1:2
after giving instructions through the Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.
The pillar
Matthew 16:18
"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
Matthew 18:18
"I tell you all in solemn truth that whatever you forbid upon earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
Romans 3:2
Much in every way. First of all, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
Galatians 2:9
and when they recognized the grace which had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, then thought to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.
The truth
1 Timothy 3:16
Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!
John 1:17
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 14:6
Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.
John 18:37
"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."
2 Corinthians 6:7
by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!
Ephesians 4:21
if indeed you have listened to him, and in him been taught the truth as it is in Jesus.
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.